The slow-growing species and cultivars can easily be grown in
pots as they
stay reasonably sized. This plants require almost no
maintenance
compared with other plants. No hard
pruning is
required to maintain their compact size, since typical growth
rates for these plant are only a few cm per year (and even less
than a cm per year for some of them).
Slow-growing plants may require
repotting
every two to three years (while
faster
growing plants should be repotted annually) and not need a
large amount of
fertilizer.
In fact slow-growing plants are more
susceptible to
infestation
by root
mealybugs because they require lengthy bench time to attain
mature size. As a rule slow growing plant should not be planted
too close to faster growing plants.